[asterisk-users] Checking voicemail from outside

2006-12-28 Thread Phil Finkler
Hi all, I'm sure this is a stupid question, but is there a way to check your voicemail by calling your extension from the outside? When I call my own extension from outside and hit pound or star, it just stops my greeting and gives me the beep. I'd like to call my extension and press a key

Re: [asterisk-users] Checking voicemail from outside

2006-12-28 Thread Rob Schall
Phil, Add this to your extensions (I have mine in a macro) exten = a,1,VoicemailMain(${ARG1}); If they press *, send to Voicemail so it should look like... exten = s,1,Dial(${ARG2},13,${ARG3}) exten = s,2,Goto(s-${DIALSTATUS},1) exten = s-NOANSWER,1,Voicemail(u${ARG1}) exten =

Re: [asterisk-users] Checking voicemail from outside

2006-12-28 Thread Phil Finkler
Rob, Interestingly enough, I'm using that same sample macro, and that line is indeed in there, yet when I hit *, I hear the tone to leave a message. Any ideas? Phil Phil, Add this to your extensions (I have mine in a macro) exten = a,1,VoicemailMain(${ARG1})

Re: [asterisk-users] Checking voicemail from outside

2006-12-28 Thread mitcheloc
You could be using an older version of Asterisk that doesn't support it? On 12/28/06, Phil Finkler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rob, Interestingly enough, I'm using that same sample macro, and that line is indeed in there, yet when I hit *, I hear the tone to leave a message. Any ideas?

Re: [asterisk-users] Checking voicemail from outside

2006-12-28 Thread Doug Crompton
Or more likely the tone may not be getting to asterisk. What FXO are you using? External FXO's like the SPA3000 often need to be set to 'inband' DTMF - both in sip.config and in the device's config and be sure to restart Asterisk after doing this.. Easiest way to test this is to call yourself